Personality tests: the world's biggest scam?
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🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Myers-Briggs Personality Tests costs 50 dollars a POP! Personality tests are a billion dollar industry, but is it a full scam? Myers-Briggs is under a lot of scrutiny lately. It is expensive and potentially pseudo-science, but do any other tests work? Today we talk about the psychology of personality tests, therapy and the huge potential scams of pseudo-science.
WDWLTW:
- why the probability of flipping a coin isn't 50/50
- Why lack of sleep makes you unable to monitor your emotions
STUDYTIME: Personality Tests: is Myers-Briggs tests a full scam?
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| 0:55.0 | Today we're talking about personality tests like the Myers-Briggs. |
| 1:00.0 | Are they legit? Is there any real science behind them or is it all just a big scam to grab your money? |
| 1:05.7 | But first we're talking about lost sleep as well as some crazy new science on tossing a coin |
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